Many home builders are opting for swing open glass French doors instead of sliding glass doors. While sliding doors are easy to install pet doors into, French doors are considerably harder. Glass in doors has been tempered in the United States since the 70s, so cutting the glass in the door is not an option. If you do have a sliding door, you may still opt for a through glass installation. Most panel pet doors are not very weather tight, but even a very good one like the Thermo Panel 3e takes up some room in the doorway, with a narrow door and a large doggy door, this can leave an opening too small for people to get through. Some don't like having a panel installed because it ruins the symmetry of the door.

Regardless of the reason for installing the doggy dor through glass, the Pet Door Guys have a solution: this product is a pre-manufactured glass unit in its own frame with the excellent Endura pet door already installed. It has one large sheet of glass on top, with a smaller pane next to an Endura pet door below. This is shipped to you complete, and your local glass company just disassembles your door and swaps out the original glass with this unit. The standard unit does have a maximum glass unit size of 34 x 76. If your glass is larger than 34" wide OR 76" tall, it will be considered "Oversize 1". If it is larger than both 34" wide AND 76" tall, it will be "Oversize 2". Max dimensions on oversize are 46" wide and 92" tall.

Oversize doors cannot ship to residential addresses, but we can ship them to business addresses.

When ordering we need payment via the website or by phone, and the order form filled out, signed, and faxed or emailed. The link for the .pdf form is right above the sizes and prices table at the right. Since these are custom built to fit your window, this item is a final sale and we will not accept returns unless the item is defective or damaged in shipping. Installation of the Pet Door Guys units is not as hard as you might imagine. The first step in ordering one of these units is to pick up the phone and call a local glass shop. They will need to come to your home twice. During the first visit they will partially disassemble the door and provide you with the exact size of the glass unit so that you can complete an order, and a second time to install the completed unit after it arrives. Because of the custom glass size for every order, glass is not stocked and the wait time is approximately 3 to 4 weeks, plus shipping time from Washington state.

One thing to look out for is the height of the kick plate at the bottom of a French door. These are typically 8 or 10 inches tall. The Endura pet door adds 3.5" or so to the bottom of the flap. If you have a shorter dog, you may end up with a pet door that is uncomfortably high off the ground.The extra rise option is almost never needed on French door installations.

If you want a pet door without the T frame in the window, have a look at the Hale In Glass pet door. The Hale door is sold as the dog door alone, and you will need to find a local glass shop to make a new piece of glass to install it into. Although the price of the Hale is lower up front it ends up being quite a bit more expensive after the installation costs are figured in.

Reviews

Great product

Posted by Ron J on Jan 28th 2020

Great product and service. Helpful video gave me the confidence to install on my on in less than 20 minutes. I was using a panel insert for a number of years but could never properly seal the door not lock it. This product solves both issues.

5

Love this door. Well worth the cost

Posted by PETER GICK on Jan 2nd 2020

Installing it was pretty easy. Just make sure you clean off all the old seal tape. The whole process took about 1 hour. The quality of the new door insert is the same as the rest of the original door. The cold doesn’t come in like the cheap insert we bought first.

4

Built in dog door for slider

Posted by Kathryn Tyler on Oct 19th 2019

Very happy with the door, the video was helpful for the install. Shipped well protected and would recommend this to a friend.

5

Dog door in sliding glass door

Posted by Joseph Russell on Aug 23rd 2019

Best dog door ever! It may be expensive, but it&#039;s worth every penny. So nice for the dog to come and go as she pleases to our fenced in backyard without having to have cut a hole in the wall or install a space wasting insert.

4

Looks great and works well

Posted by Stephanie on Jul 31st 2019

The door looks stunning. It is exactly what I was looking for aside from the magnet strength. My dogs won&#039;t push through the dog door because it is uncomfortable I guess. They may get used to it but for now I&#039;m having to help them open it to get it swinging.

4

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Posted by Bill on Jul 2nd 2019

The door seemed a hair smaller than we measured but it still fit and seems to work ok. The door itself is awesome and the upgraded glass is way better than the original. My hardwood floors will be thankful. Now if both my dogs could learn to use it. Hard to teach the old doggo new tricks.

5

Glass replacement

Posted by Kristofer Norris on Jun 19th 2019

Costumer service was great. I had a complicated situation and they made it easy. Thanks!

5

Through Glass Doggy Door

Posted by Ellen on May 28th 2019

Great product! Quality construction , very well insulated. Definitely recommend having the Pet Door Guys build a door for you.